Empire Conquest-Chapter 924 - 131: Full of Flaws (Part 3)
As early as the afternoon of the 4th, or at the latest by the early morning of the 5th, the Empire Air Forceโs combat aircraft will appear on the battlefield. ๐๐๐ฎ๐๐๐๐๐ท๐๐ฟ๐๐ต.๐๐๐
The key is strategic bombing targeting major military facilities.
In short, due to internal issues, the Fanluo Army did not immediately destroy 8 crucially important bridges after the war began.
On a strategic level, the Fanluo Army has already embarked on a road of no return.
In fact, their tactics are also lacking.
Because Bakistan had already heightened its military readiness, the air battle began 2 hours earlier, or more precisely, the Fanluo Armyโs artillery strike started 1.5 hours late, so the 30-minute bombardment was more like informing the Bakistan army that the ground battle was about to commence.
To speak frankly, the Fanluo Armyโs shamelessness is no less than that of the Fanluo Air Force.
According to the first battle report they released, during the artillery preparation before the attack, they destroyed 80% of the defensive fortifications on Bakistanโs border defense line, reduced the personnel of 5 border defense divisions by 40% to 60%, destroyed nearly half of the main combat equipment, and defeated the defenders in the primary attack direction.
The reality is otherwise.
In this half-hour, Bakistanโs 5 border defense divisions had fewer than 200 casualties among officers and soldiers, and mostly those were engineer soldiers responsible for repairing communication lines. As for the forward-deployed main combat equipment, there were not many to begin with, as border defense divisions are infantry-type second-level units.
Many of the defensive fortifications were indeed destroyed, but the Bakistan army never relied on these fortifications to repel invasions.
Relying on position-based defense was a tactic from the First Global War.
As early as the Second Global War, field battles led by armored forces replaced positional warfare; no matter how robust the defensive fortifications, their value lay in being destroyed by offensive weapons. Even in strategic defense, tactical emphasis must be on offense.
In fact, in the Northwest War Zone, that is, the continental battlefield, the Eastern Alliance has already proven that reprisal is the most effective defensive strategy.
Of course, before launching a reprisal, time is needed for preparations, which requires delaying the enemyโs advance.
Therefore, this is also the primary task of the Bakistan border defense divisions.
Like the Iraqi army, on the east bank of the Satluj River, the Bakistan defenders primarily rely on landmines.
In the 20-plus years since the end of the Second Southern Subcontinent War, the Bakistan army has buried approximately 3 million landmines in this area!
This is undoubtedly the place with the highest landmine density globally.
Fortunately, the Thar Desert is sparsely populated, no need to worry about civilian casualties.
Unlike the Iraqi army, the Bakistan army does not passively lay mines; they use carefully arranged minefields, under the cover of the Air Force and long-range Artillery, to construct a maze-like defensive position in the border area, aiming to block and delay the enemy.
Clearly, the Bakistan armyโs objectives are very specific.
They never counted on 5 defense divisions to hold the border, but rather to gain 3 to 5 days in the border area, allowing the main rear forces to complete mobilization.
Upon receiving the battle report, knowing that the Bakistan Air Force defeated the Fanluo Air Forceโs first strike action, Ding Zhennan realized that unless the Newland Republic immediately joined the war, at the earliest in 3 days, or at the latest in 5 days, the war situation on the Southern Subcontinent would make a 180-degree turn.
However, the premise is that the Empire Air Force can participate in time.
